Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica reports that Facebook is making another 'helpful' move. It is allowing 3rd party developers to use the Facebook API to access users phone numbers and addresses. According to Facebook users will have to allow developers access. But if an app requires that access to be used, how many people will say no? The developers have to agree to follow strict guidelines on how they can use the data.

About Me

Herbert (Bert) Knabe Jr. is a blogger specializing in online
security, privacy and intellectual property. He has long been a fan of
Apple computers and occasionally writes on their products. Online since the mid '80s, he has been blogging on a variety of topics
including U.S. policy and online privacy/security since 2005.

He
has twenty years experience in the newspaper industry, initially as a
production artist, then as a computer technician supporting content
producers. This experience gives him a strong understanding of graphic
production for print and web.

Photography has long been a passion
of Bert's, and he was honored to have a photo included in the PDF
version of the 2011 Plus One Collection. He specializes in cell and
smart phone photography.

Bert lives and goes to church in Lubbock, Texas with his wife of twenty+ years and their five children.